Could use some help with Illusions Blind power plz
By
Gruumch,
Posted on: 2009-05-27 24:36 in Controllers
Don't count on the sleep effect working very often. The sleep is mag 2 so it's minions only, but the area is only 2 feet. So they literally have to be standing shoulder to shoulder for it to work.
The sleep effect is actually a pet summoned by the Blind power. Notice the link to the pet summon on the right side at the bottom of the effects.
Blind is a great power, but mostly for its single-target aspects. Forget about the extra sleep effect and just use it for holding and (if solo) containment/damage. Every once in a while you will put an extra enemy or two to sleep, but usually not. It doesn't pay to focus on that part of the power.
Good luck!
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Hello all
I started a Illusion/Kinetic controller the other day and I'm really enjoying it. However the Blind power is giving me some deal of difficulty in learning to use correctly. No matter where I place myself in relation to the target(s) I never seem to get any axillary targets mezed. I get my primary target 95% of the time, but only secondary mabey 20% and tertiary 1-3%. The two ways I think I'm doing it wrong are (1) The chance on secondary mez is so small that it is working the way it's intended and I'm just hoping for more then I'm getting..this is the most likely situation. or (2) my placement to the crowd I'm trying to affect is off. I usually try to get max range from the group (my first mistake as I'm thinking about it.) and will stand directly in front of the target with one or two additional targets at their flanks. If anyone could please point me to a good source material on how to use this power correctly or could give me some advice/pointers I would greatly appreciate it. thanks!
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As the others have suggested, I simply don't even consider Blind anything more than a single target hold. If I happen to catch a close-by foe in the occasional sleep, I'm glad that I know about it, but I don't try to make it happen.
I think somebody figured out that when you cast Blind, the game mechanics spawn a tiny pet that then handles a very small AoE sleep power. You can actually slot the power for sleep, but that is a waste unless you want to use Blind as a mule for the Sleep purple set.
But Blind is too essential to not slot it well. I want to slot the power for Accuracy, Hold, Recharge and Damage. Hami-Os will let you get most of those slotted.
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I actually have a level 30 Illusion controller and didn't know Blind causes sleep...
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I actually have a level 30 Illusion controller and didn't know Blind causes sleep...
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Have you ever blinded a foe, and hit two who were really, really close together? The second one looks like he is blinded/held, but it is actually a sleep. However the radius of the Sleep is only about 2 or 3 feet, so hitting one extra is fairly rare, and getting more than two is extremely rare unless you are really trying for it. Blind has a slightly shorter duration than other single target holds, presumedly because of the small AoE sleep.
Take a look at the allowed enhancements, and you will see that Sleep sets are allowed.
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I actually have a level 30 Illusion controller and didn't know Blind causes sleep...
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Don't feel bad I have an Ill/Rad at fifty and didn't realize it did that...lol
The effect must be real small and not very noticable I guess.
Don't rely on the sleep portion of blind. Trying to manipulate the mobs into getting it to work is a waste of time and mental energy. Its occasionally nice when it happens, but even then sleeps are routinely broken, especially if you have an army of pets like Illusion does.
Best to go for the usual acc/acc/hold/hold/hold/rech slotting.
Hello all
I started a Illusion/Kinetic controller the other day and I'm really enjoying it. However the Blind power is giving me some deal of difficulty in learning to use correctly. No matter where I place myself in relation to the target(s) I never seem to get any axillary targets mezed. I get my primary target 95% of the time, but only secondary mabey 20% and tertiary 1-3%. The two ways I think I'm doing it wrong are (1) The chance on secondary mez is so small that it is working the way it's intended and I'm just hoping for more then I'm getting..this is the most likely situation. or (2) my placement to the crowd I'm trying to affect is off. I usually try to get max range from the group (my first mistake as I'm thinking about it.) and will stand directly in front of the target with one or two additional targets at their flanks. If anyone could please point me to a good source material on how to use this power correctly or could give me some advice/pointers I would greatly appreciate it. thanks!